Since I've never had the opportunity to introduce Buddy Shurden to a public gathering as I have the other mentors, I want to at least share some tidbits of how he has impacted my life and my scholarship.

But the legend of Buddy Holly, and certainly his music - which has inspired generations of musicians from the Beatles onwards - lives on, not least in The Buddy Holly Story stage show which keeps the young Texan's story alive.

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